{"nrhp_refnum":"02001667","name":"East Marion-Belvedere Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughlyb bounded by Cline, Chestnut, E. Marion Sts., Edgemont Ave, Belvedere Aves., and Elizabeth Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shelby","county":"Cleveland County","state":"NC","lat":35.29324074200005,"lon":-81.52718524289207,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic residential district about one-half mile east of the commercial core of Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, centered on the Belvedere Park subdivision platted in 1921 along with adjacent East Marion Street lots. It contains 123 contributing dwellings and outbuildings within roughly sixty-five acres.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its intact collection of residences built from 1921 to 1951, including work by local builder R. L. Hendrick, and for its curvilinear planned layout designed by Charlotte landscape architect Leigh Colyer. It is also cited for its role in the eastward expansion and planned suburban development of Shelby.","narrative":"Belvedere Park, a residential district on the east side of Shelby in Cleveland County, North Carolina, was platted in 1921 on land once part of the Adam P. Spake cotton farm. Its curving streets, granite curbing, and tree-lined median reflect the suburban planning ideas of the early twentieth century. Will Lineberger, a Shelby banker, commissioned Charlotte landscape architect Leigh Colyer to lay out the subdivision. Most of the houses were built during the 1920s and 1930s, and the district holds bungalows, Colonial Revival, and Minimal Traditional houses. Several residences were built by local builder R. L. Hendrick. The district is also valued as a rare example in Shelby of a neighborhood that fully followed the new suburban pattern, with large owner-occupied lots on the main avenues and smaller rental lots along Chestnut Street.","period_of_significance":"1921-1951","architect_builder":"Colyer, Leigh (landscape architect); Hendrick, R. L. (builder)","architectural_style":"Bungalow; Colonial Revival; Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.755716-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7196/47719656/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02001667.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001667/a19367e627-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001667/a19367e627-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julius_Suttle_House_-_Built_Ca._1924.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julius_Suttle_House_-_Built_Ca._1924.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719656","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Marion%E2%80%93Belvedere_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18149677"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cleveland-county/east-marion-belvedere-park-historic-district-02001667/"}